Assistant Professor of General Surgery, Azad University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Boali Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction & Objective: Nipple discharge is a bothering experience in half of the women, the 3th complain of the breast, and is among the signs of breast cancer. Updating the information on nipple discharge is the main purpose of this review. Materials & Methods: For this review, we chose 126 articles among 1134 articles recently published. Results: Intraductul papilloma is the main cause of nipple discharge. Diagnostic procedures have their positive and negative values. Conclusions: There is little link between nipple discharge and breast cancer. There is no definitive diagnostic procedure, but ductoscopy is promising.
